Repeat after me: Alberta isn’t Greece
Last week it was Andrew Coyne; this week it’s Jack Mintz. Seems all the National Post’s favourite conservative commentators have suddenly decided to offer their Very Serious Advice™ to Alberta’s…
June 2015
thoughts on luxury, plus know your rights, rental edition, part three
We have to move. We are heartsick over it. Our landlord is selling the house we live in. We’re not letting ourselves get kicked out (see below), but chances are…
Did the Pope Just Bless a Switch to Steady State Economics
Today’s papal encyclical took some awfully strong positions and not just on climate change. Francis also condemned our cult of consumerism which stands as the beating heart of neoclassical, growth-driven,…
Pope Francis and the moral imperative of dealing with global warming
It’s no surprise that Pope Francis only gave PM Stephen Harper 10 minutes for his interview earlier this month. And no surprise he looked constipated in his photo op with…
June 17: Pope does make cut in Irving press…
Yessiree – The Irving press accepts only the most important news. And the Pope’s encyclical on climate change just doesn’t cut it. In fact, there are many stories on that…
Pope Francis is a progressive person
He extended a hand of friendship towards all religions including Islam. He urged Israel to live in peace with Palestinians and accept two-state solution. Now he is speaking up on…
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is A Sincere Call For Climate Action, Economic Justice
Pope Francis has released his long awaited encyclical, or teaching document, on climate justice and the environment, and it flies in the face of everything climate deniers stand for. The…
‘Making us poorer won’t save Greece’: how pension crisis is hurting its people | World news | The Guardian
‘Making us poorer won’t save Greece’: how pension crisis is hurting its people | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, pensions
"A Pile of Filth" – Sounds About Right
Pope Francis has released a 180-page encyclical calling on the rich and powerful to start taking responsibility for the mess they’ve made of our planet. Francis writes that we have…
Telecom bills are rising rapidly: Government report confirms that cell phone cost increases are running at three times the rate of inflation
UnblockCanada_cycle_fbshare (1).png Official report finds that wireless prices are still rising steeply, and that overall telecom costs are among the most expensive in the industrialized world June 18, 2015 –…
Election 2015 Seniors will determine who is Prime Minister of Canada come late October
Convergence Here’s one interesting finding from the June 16 Forum poll: The NDP vote is characteristic of the youngest (43%), the least wealthy (39%) and the wealthiest (37%), in BC…
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
My favourite single of all time was released in this week in 1978. It was perfect because it introduced a whole generation of white punk kids – like 17-year-old me,…
Montreal Fringe: Non-conformist jugglers, Mrs. Pirandello, and intense performance art
The New Conformity, from Vancouver circus troupe Cause & Effect, is on its most immediate level a direct commentary on contemporary corporate culture. The performers, clad in identical grey suits,…
New column day
Here, on how Alberta’s strengthened political financing rules under Rachel Notley’s NDP only highlight how far Saskatchewan has fallen behind. For further reading…– Bill 1 is here (PDF), while Alberta’s…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Research PROVES ‘Trickle Down Reaganomics’ Do NOT Work !!!
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now released detailed research that proves a pillar of right wing economic theory DOES NOT WORK !!! Huffington Post “The International Monetary Fund just…
Climate change could boost visitation to US National Parks by 2060
In silver lining news: the latest report from the U.S. National Park Service has found that increases in global temperature could boost tourism traffic to national parks from Alaska to…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, June 18, 2015
Your news links for today: Trudeau defends Liberal vote on Bill C-51 as the ‘right’ move for Canadians – Ottawa Citizen SOCAN Reports Canadian Internet Music Streaming Copyright Revenues Soar…
Punishment For A Member Of The Precariat Who Spoke Out
Human nature is a funny thing, especially in its ability to compartmentalize things. For example, I suspect that the vast majority of us are able to witness the plight of…
Wreckless Eric: bubblegum with dementia!
Have loved this guy since I was a teen. Finally got to see him. Our Twitter exchange, which I shall treasure to the end of time: And, my (truncated) video…
Yet another Harper appointee accused of wrongdoing…
Disgraced senator Don Meredith…….and the guy who appointed him Don Meredith, the holier-than-thou religious dude who won such admiration from Harper for his work with youth that he not only…